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It doesn't seem like the CA is inking nefarious deals with the manufacturers (I mean, they probably do, but innocent until proven guilty); they're just laying out the rules for what happens in their state.
Also, the other states are free to set minimum standards of their own, provided they're not below the federal standards. Similar to how minimum wage works.
No they aren't. CA is the only state allowed to do so. They were granted a waiver to be able to do so and that waiver can be revoked at any time. The only thing other states can do is adopt the CA standards.
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Due to its preexisting standards and particularly severe motor vehicle air pollution problems in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the U.S. state of California has special dispensation from the federal government to promulgate its own automobile emissions standards. Other states may choose to follow either the national standard or the stricter Californian standards
Also, this isn't about ASKING manufacturers to make models to fit their standards, it's about them TELLING them they have to do it. They are also telling them they have to make a zero emissions vehicle fleet by a certain time frame. CA has no authority to do so. There is an anti trust probe into those 4 automakers going on now in the DoJ for allowing CA to do this.
No they aren't. CA is the only state allowed to do so. They were granted a waiver to be able to do so and that waiver can be revoked at any time. The only thing other states can do is adopt the CA standards.
Also, this isn't about ASKING manufacturers to make models to fit their standards, it's about them TELLING them they have to do it. They are also telling them they have to make a zero emissions vehicle fleet by a certain time frame. CA has no authority to do so. There is an anti trust probe into those 4 automakers going on now in the DoJ for allowing CA to do this.
They're setting the standards. If manufacturers don't want to meet the standard, they're not able to sell in CA. They're not forcing anyone to do anything, just setting the rules for their own sandbox.
Lets not forget that this is also a global issue. The US isn't even the largest purchaser of vehicles anymore, even for GM. The rest of the world is on the climate change train, even if we choose to keep our heads in the sand. Manufacturers don't want to make multiple versions of vehicles. This is why we have such poor choice compared to the rest of the world already. It's only going to get worse.
No they aren't. CA is the only state allowed to do so. They were granted a waiver to be able to do so and that waiver can be revoked at any time. The only thing other states can do is adopt the CA standards.
Also, this isn't about ASKING manufacturers to make models to fit their standards, it's about them TELLING them they have to do it. They are also telling them they have to make a zero emissions vehicle fleet by a certain time frame. CA has no authority to do so. There is an anti trust probe into those 4 automakers going on now in the DoJ for allowing CA to do this.
The conditions to revoke the CA standards are set in the Act and pretty much impossible to satisfy in the case of CA.
If CA can set their own standards zero emissions is certainly a settable standard. 0.0 is a value just like any other standard.
During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, congestion let to a reduction of traffic in the city. At the same time acute asthma attacks among children dropped by 42%.
We've cleaned up the air a lot since then, and I'm not eager to go back to the bad old days of yellow smog. This attack by DT on our lungs need to be fought tooth and nail, or our kids are going to be pissing on his grave.
zero emissions is clearly unattainable. even if internal combustions engines are outlawed, there's no way to make the millions of electric vehicles that would replace them without producing emissions. not to mention the CO2-emitting fuels that will make the necessary gazillions of watts required to power them.
Sheesh...are we going back to the 70's when your lungs would hurt on those brown/smoggy days when it was hard to breathe!? Inland Empire SMOG will be brutal with many more health related illnesses if this happens.
During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, congestion let to a reduction of traffic in the city. At the same time acute asthma attacks among children dropped by 42%.
We've cleaned up the air a lot since then, and I'm not eager to go back to the bad old days of yellow smog. This attack by DT on our lungs need to be fought tooth and nail, or our kids are going to be pissing on his grave.
the federal standards are set to become more strict, not less.
please explain how this is an 'attack by DT on our lungs'
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